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Former THE ALMIGHTY bassist Floyd London has been diagnosed with leukemia. Floyd will commence treatment straight away and "we have every reason to believe that he will come out fighting and will beat it!" reads a posting on the group's web site. "If you would like to leave your messages for Floyd — please log ...

More photos from CAMP FREDDY's performance at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA Saturday night (Sept. 25) have been posted online at this location. CAMP FREDDY were joined by a host of well-known guest musicians during the show, including Scott Weiland (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-STONE TEMPLE PILOTS), Courtney Love (HOLE), Jerry Cantrell (ex-ALICE ...

The IN FLAMES show in New York City, originally scheduled for Wednesday, September 29, appears to have been cancelled. TicketWeb, the company that sells tickets for the CBGB venue in New York City, has apparently sent out an e-mail to all ticket holders stating that the tickets purchased for the show "will be automatically refunded ...

TWISTED SISTER have uploaded several audio clips from "Still Hungry" CD — a re-recorded and expanded version of the classic 1984 album "Stay Hungry" — at their official web site. Check them out at this location. As previously reported, "Still Hungry" is scheduled for release on October 19 via Eagle Rock Entertainment. "Still ...

SLAYER were forced to cut their set short in Munich, Germany Monday night (Sept. 27) after frontman Tom Araya lost his voice mid-performance. The following report was e-mailed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET by a web site visitor in Munich: "[The show] started quite good with a lively HATEBREED performance. SLIPKNOT doing a nice show as well. And ...

MTV.com reports: In what is sure to be the literary event of the year, former MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee will be hitting bookstores across the U.S. on a tour in support of his biography "Tommyland". Lee will be signing copies of the book on the nine-day tour beginning October 25 at the Rockefeller Center ...

KATATONIA frontman Jonas Renkse recently spoke to Denmark's Antenna webzine about the new album from his BLOODBATH side project, entitled "Nightmares Made Flesh". Several excerpts from the interview follow: Antenna: How did you hook up with (singer) Peter (Tägtgren, HYPOCRISY, PAIN) and was he the first choice [to replace previous vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt)? ...

Norwegian dark/glam rock act MALICE IN WONDERLAND have parted ways with guitarist Rikki Foxx after a seven-year tenure with the group. "Rikki wants to focus on other things, and so he's moving to Germany/Berlin," the band write in a statement. "Our deepest gratitude goes to Rikki for making MALICE IN WONDERLAND into what it is ...

Sweden's IN FLAMES performed a special show at the Roxy in West Hollywood, CA Sunday night (Sept. 26). IN FLAMES played two full sets at the concert; the first set was the whole new album, "Soundtrack To Your Escape", released on April 6, 2004. The second set consisted primarily of all the classics from the ...